TODAY in Central Park with important PPPPS

Pat Pollack reports:

            Palm Warbler -- photo by David Speiser- 4/21/09

4/3/15, Friday

@ 9:45 am FOS American Wigeon (f) spotted by me 1st from Hernshead, moving south, picked it up again opposite Island & west shore and later close in near Hernshead again viewed from west shore gazebo.

Common Loon remains on Reservoir, best view I've had further west & south of dyke

Pied-billed Grebe

Hooded Mergansers

2 Am. Coots,

# of DC Cormorants+

Great Egret on south end retaining wall

3 or more Hermit Thrushes

@ Great Lawn west side 200 yds from theater Pine Warbler amongst flock of Juncos (dull one unlike previous bright (M)

Numerous Golden Crowned Kinglets

4 or more Eastern Phoebes

 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in silver barked tree nr. Swedish Cottage

Northern Flickers 3 or 4

Others reported Palm Warblers & Rusty Blkbirds

__._,_.___Posted by: Patricia Pollock <ppoll9870@yahoo.com>

PS HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! 

PPS Thanks, Pat, for your great reports!!

PPPS  FOS = First of Season

PPPPS   Just heard from Caroline Greenleaf of the Central Park Conservancy [via Rebekah Creshkoff] . Caroline reports:

4 Pine Warblers all together and not so shy,  and Palm Warblers. Flickers in big groups as of this morning.